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A critique of the “socio‐ecological fix” and towards revolutionary rupture
Author(s) -
Chambers Collin L.
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
area
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.958
H-Index - 82
eISSN - 1475-4762
pISSN - 0004-0894
DOI - 10.1111/area.12668
Subject(s) - capitalism , ecological crisis , odds , capital (architecture) , sociology , political economy , environmental ethics , climate change , ecology , political science , politics , history , law , philosophy , biology , medicine , logistic regression , archaeology
Through a review of the literature that develops the “socio‐ecological fix” concept, this paper makes two arguments. First, it argues that the concept is trapped in a specific historical understanding of 20th‐century capitalism that goes through “crisis” and “fixes.” Second, the paper argues that this understanding of history largely ignores the potential for revolutionary ruptures that create social systems entirely at odds with capital. The severity of the climate crisis suggests that moving further into the 21st century will not allow such clean “fixes.” The climate crisis will make revolutionary ruptures not only possible, but inevitable.